Magnosaurus Huene 1932 (tetanuran theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Megalosauridae

Full reference: F. v. Huene. 1932. Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte [The fossil reptile order Saurischia, their development and history]. Monographien zur Geologie und Palaeontologie, serie 1 4(1-2):1-361

Parent taxon: Eustreptospondylinae according to O. W. M. Rauhut et al. 2016

See also Benson and Barrett 2009, Carrano et al. 2012, Holtz et al. 2004, Kuhn 1939, Kurzanov 1989, Molnar et al. 1990, Rauhut 2003, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Steel 1970, Tatarinov 1964 and Yates 2005

Sister taxa: Afrovenator, Dubreuillosaurus, Eustreptospondylus, Piveteausaurus

Subtaxa: Magnosaurus nethercombensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Nethercomb (OUM) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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